{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English ","title":"#580 | Operation Valkyrie & The Plot To Kill Hitler","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2b490114\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1315,"description":"On 20 July 1944, a bomb ripped through a meeting room in Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair.  \nThis episode tells how Operation Valkyrie *almost* managed to kill Adolf Hitler, and the vicious crackdown that came afterwards. \n\n\nThe Wolf’s Lair meeting on 20 July 1944\nClaus von Stauffenberg’s injuries and role in the plot\nSetting one bomb; briefcase placed near Hitler\nExplosion at Wolf’s Lair; Hitler survives due to briefcase moved\nOperation Valkyrie: reserve army plan blaming SS\nA mixed group’s reasons to remove Hitler\nCoup starts; Goebbels phones Hitler; Remer switches sides\nBendlerblock firefight, arrests, executions of plotters\nBrutal crackdown: show trials, thousands arrested, many executed\nHaunting “what if”: ways the plot almost succeeded\n\n\n\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/operation-valkyrie","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}